CNG 103, Lot: 41. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 340-330 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.81 g, 6h). Helmeted head of Leukippos right; AMI to left / Barley ear with leaf to right; thunderbolt above leaf. Johnston Class B, 4.2 (same dies); HN Italy 1577. Near EF, toned, a couple tiny die breaks on obverse. Well centered and struck on a broad flan.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 884875 (December 2010).